Twin Falls High School

{{Infobox school

| name = Twin Falls High School

| image = File:bruins logo.jpg

| streetaddress = 1615 Filer Avenue East

| city = Twin Falls

| state = Idaho

| zipcode = 83301

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|42.572|N|114.453|W|display=inline, title|format=dms}}

| type = Public{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/22957|title=Twin Falls Senior High School|publisher=Public School Review|accessdate=2009-04-29}}

| established = 1907

| principal = Ryan Nesmith {{cite web|url=http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf|title=Idaho High School Activities Association|publisher=IHSAA|access-date=2009-04-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034723/http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-17|df=}}

| faculty = 53.18 (FTE)

| ratio = 22.72

| grades = 9–12

| athletics = IHSAA Class 4A

| conference = Great Basin (West)

| team_name = Bruins

| nickname =

| rival = Canyon Ridge

| newspaper = The Bruin News

| yearbook = Bruin

| website = {{URL|www.tfhsbruins.com}}

| enrollment = 1,208 (2019–20){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1603240&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=160324000555|title=TWIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 28, 2021}}

| colors = Columbia blue, navy blue, white {{color box|#9BDDFF}} {{color box|navy}} {{color box|white}}

}}

Twin Falls High School is a public secondary school in Twin Falls, Idaho, one of two traditional high schools operated by the Twin Falls School District #411.[http://www.tfsd.k12.id.us/tfsd/schools/schools.html Twin Falls School District – Schools] (accessed 29 August 2001)

School history

Twin Falls High School was founded in 1907. Citizens passed a bond in 1909 to construct the high school building and a supplemental bond in 1911 to complete construction. Formal dedication of the original high school, located on Shoshone Street next to the Twin Falls County Courthouse, occurred in February 1912.

The current Twin Falls High School on Filer Avenue opened in September 1954. The original high school building became Twin Falls Junior High School (now O'Leary Middle School). The original building was condemned and torn down in the early 1980s after O'Leary moved to a new location in 1979.

Athletics

Until 2009, TFHS was among the largest high schools in the state, classified as 5A (enrollment over 1,280 students) by the IHSAA. With the opening of Canyon Ridge High School in western Twin Falls in August 2009, both schools were classified as 4A (four-year enrollment between 640 and 1,279).[http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/school.aspx?sid=1411 IDHSAA School Information] A crosstown rivalry between TFHS and CRHS has since developed.[http://magicvalley.com/twin-falls-canyon-ridge-rivalry/collection_16bee35e-f53e-11e0-be58-001cc4c03286.html Twin Falls-Canyon Ridge Rivalry] (accessed 24 December 2011)

With the move to down to 4A in 2009, TFHS also changed conferences. It is currently a member of the Great Basin (West) Conference, competing against Canyon Ridge, Burley, Jerome, Minico, and Wood River, all located in south central Idaho's Magic Valley.[http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009/04/14/sports/local_state/159467.txt Hicks is here CRHS football coach meets players]

Twin Falls won the 5A state championship in football in 2004 and in boys' basketball in 2006. After dropping to Class 4A, the Bruins won the boys' state basketball championship in 2010, and the state baseball championship in 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.idahosports.com/tournaments/brackets/1011/baseball/4A.aspx |publisher=IdahoSports.com |title=2011 4A State Baseball Bracket |date=May 21, 2011 |accessdate=October 13, 2012}} and 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.idahosports.com/tournaments/brackets/1314/baseball/4A.aspx |publisher=IdahoSports.com |title=2014 4A State Baseball Bracket |date=May 17, 2014 |accessdate=May 21, 2014}}

The water polo team and bowling team won state championships in 2007. The boys' cross country has won three state titles in a row since 2007, and both golf teams have won many state titles, as well. The Bruin track team won many championships in the 1970s and continue to be a state power. The last state team track championship was in 1997. The boys' soccer team became state champions in 1992, only three years after the team was founded.

=State titles=

Boys

Football (1): 2004[http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Football.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082837/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Football.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} – Idaho high school football – state champions
Cross Country (6): fall 1970, 1971, 1976, 2007, 2008; (4A) 2009 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/CrossCountry.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082808/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/CrossCountry.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} Cross Country champions through 2011
Soccer (1): 1992 (unofficial until 2000) [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/SoccerVolleyball.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082833/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/SoccerVolleyball.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} Soccer champions – through 2011
Basketball (3): 1974, 2006; (4A) 2010, 2014 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082745/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysBasketball.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} – Basketball champions – through 2012
Baseball (4): 1988, 1990; (4A) 2011, 2014
Track (11): 1925, 1928, 1948, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1993, 1997 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysTrack.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321014914/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysTrack.pdf |date=2014-03-21 }} – Track champions – through 2012
Golf (18): 1956, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2005, 2007; (4A) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GolfRecords.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321022406/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GolfRecords.pdf |date=2014-03-21 }} – Golf champions – through 2012

Girls

Cross Country (8): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2016, 2024
Track (9): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1987 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsTrack.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082825/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsTrack.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} – Girls Track champions – through 2012
Golf (11): 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
Soccer (1): 2021
Volleyball (1): 2024

Coed

Tennis (1): 2000 [http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/TennisRecords.pdf idhsaa.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082752/http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/TennisRecords.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }} – Tennis champions – through 2012

Enrollment

Twin Falls High School's final year as the only regular public high school in Twin Falls was 2008–09. The year also represented the final year Twin Falls High School did not include 9th grade. Beginning in August 2009, both Twin Falls and Canyon Ridge included grades 9 through 12. Twin Falls High School draws its students from the eastern half of the city.[http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/05/13/news/local_state/136588.txt Twin Falls School Board sets zones for high schools]

Notable alumni

Keith G. Allred – Columbia and Harvard professor, mediator, 2010 Idaho gubernatorial candidate, Class of 1983
Bruce Bastian – WordPerfect co-founder, Class of 1966
G. Richard Bevan – Idaho Supreme Court justice, Class of 1977
King Block – college football coach, Class of 1947
Paul Durham – musician, lead singer Black Lab, Class of 1986
Logan Easley – professional baseball player{{cite news |title=Twin Falls' Easley wins game against Phillies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112526411/twin-falls-easley-wins-game-against/ |access-date=4 November 2022 |work=The Times-News |agency=Associated Press |date=24 April 1989 |pages=11}}
Mark Felt – Watergate informant "Deep Throat", FBI executive, Class of 1931
H. George Frederickson – president of Eastern Washington University 1977–1987, University of Kansas professor, Class of 1952
Casdon Jardine - Professional basketball player
Bob Martyn – professional baseball player (Kansas City Athletics), Class of 1948
Gary Puckett – pop singer, musician, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Class of 1960
Andy Toolson – Utah Jazz NBA player, BYU basketball player, BYU assistant basketball coach, Class of 1984
Cy Sneed – professional baseball player{{cite web|url=http://magicvalley.com/sports/local/twin-falls-cy-sneed-earns-gatorade-player-of-the-year/article_0fab0bd4-8c88-11e0-b842-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Twin Falls' Cy Sneed earns Gatorade Player of the Year honors|first=David |last=Bashore|date=June 2, 2011|work=Twin Falls Times-News|accessdate=May 21, 2016}}
Allyson Swan – 2004 Miss Rodeo Idaho, 2005 Miss Rodeo America first runner-up, 2006 Miss Idaho USA, Class of 2001
Ralf Youtz – musician, Class of 1990

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.tfhsbruins.com/}}
[http://www.tfhsalumni.com/ TFHSAlumni.com]
[http://www.bruinfootball.info TFHS Football]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121117111312/http://www.tfsd.k12.id.us/tfsd/index.html Twin Falls School District #411]

Category:Public high schools in Idaho

Category:Educational institutions established in 1907

Category:Twin Falls, Idaho

Category:Schools in Twin Falls County, Idaho

Category:1907 establishments in Idaho